Game.



No. 630,657. Patented Aug. 8, |899..

W. K. CLARK.

GAME.

(Application filedvJune 21, 1899) (N0 Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM K. CLARK, OF MINERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,657', dated August 8, 1899.

[Application filed June 21, 1899. Serial No. 721,340. (No model() To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hinersville,in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to games, and more particularly to that class of games in which movable bodies are employed and are intended to be shaken or manipulated so as to be rolled into a pen.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use,V

and comparatively inexpensive of production and which is primarily intended to represent San Juan Hill and the charge of the soldiers to gain the block-house at the summit thereof, the hill being represented byra y truncated conical block formed with a wind; ing path protected at different points in'its length by a guard-flange and unprotected at other portions, so that the soldiers, who are represented by shot or other rolling bodies,

Will in their eorts to reach the summit ofv f sists in certain features of construction-and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved game. Fig. 2 is a top plan View. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 2.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention. l

l denotes abox or other receptacle, preferably formed with transparentsides 2 and a transparent top 3. Located centrally within this box and secured to the bottom thereof is a block 4, preferably in the form of a'truncated cone and provided in its periphery with a Winding groove 5, which for convenience of reference I will term a path. This path extends from the base to the top of the block and is provided with a guard-ange 6, which extends from a point a toa point b', and thence from the pointb toa point c. That portion of the path intermediate the points b and b' has no gnard-liange. Located upon the top ofthe block is an annular Ilange 7, the ends of which are spaced apart to form an entrance 8, communicating with the upper Aend of the path, and within this flange is formed a pen 9, the entrance to which is located at a point opposite to the entrance to the annularange.

l0 denotes rolling bodies,preferably formed of shot. The object is to roll the shot up along thepath out onto the top of the block, which is walled in by the annular flange, and thence .into the central pen. Great difficulty is experienced in getting the rolling bodies past that portion of the path unprotected by the guard-liangc, and much care and skill must be exercised to finally get them into the pen. When this has been done, the capture of San Juan Hill is complete.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 1

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isi--V The combination with a receptacle, of a truncated conical block located therein and provided on its ilat top with a circular band, the ends of `which pass each other and are spaced apart to form an entrance, said block being provided with a winding path which extends from its base to its top and leads in between ythe separated ends of the pen, said path being provided with a guard-rail for a portion of its length and being unguarded vat another portion of its length, said unguarded portion being intermediate the ends of said path, and rolling bodies adapted to be rolled up along said path into the pen formed by the circular band, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM K. CLARK.

Witnesses:

WM. B. PRICE, ALBERT TANNEE. 

